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lindsey vonn Finished third for the second straight day of World Cup action, completing the podium in Sunday’s super-G in Val d’Isere after achieving the same result in Saturday’s downhill.
The 41-year-old is now on a hot streak of four podiums in five races, having won the first of two downhill races. st moritz The day before last weekend finished in second place.
from Italy sophia goggia New Zealand’s Alice Robinson won the Val d’Isère super-G, splitting a pair of former Olympic downhill champions on the podium.
Vonn is on track to bounce back this season ahead of the Milan-Cortina Olympics in February, and is already one of the favorites for glory after an impressive return to the World Cup circuit.
She retired from skiing but returned five years later to aim for next year’s Games.
She was among the fastest runners on Sunday, hitting a top speed of 115 km/h (71 mph), but could not find the ideal racing line and finished 0.36 seconds behind Goggia.
It was Vonn’s 142nd career podium finish, while Goggia recorded her 27th World Cup win and eighth in super-G after finishing third twice in St. Moritz last weekend.
The 24-year-old Robinson has already taken two wins this season, including a super-G in St. Moritz.